The Rat is gone. Its noise still echoes. Boston's punk haven lives on through "Live at the Rat," which turns 50 this year.

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Delayed visas and 'hostile economic forces' postponed Dry Cleaning's tour. Now they're back in Boston. -- The band cited "increasingly hostile economic forces that govern touring in the present day" as a primary reason for rescheduling their North American dates.

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One Special Thing - At PEM, Edmonia Lewis's Death of Cleopatra in cardboard - All you'll see at the Salem museum is a cardboard cut-out. But it invokes a marble wonder that moldered in a saloon and a bulk mail center for years before being rediscovered.

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Where to see film festivals around New England all summer long -- Summer is the perfect time to catch up on all kinds of new movies, no matter where your travels take you.

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Matthew Rhys, 'Widow's Bay' stars on why Massachusetts was the perfect place to film Apple TV's new series - Creator Katie Dippold and the cast open up about the New England origins of their new show.

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Why isn't there a 'Real Housewives of Boston'?

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Six notable New England references from Noah Kahan's new album

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At Yale: the commercial empire within the British empire -- 'Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850′ is wondrous to look at and unsettling to ponder

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Watch Party - Movies and TV to stream this weekend: 'Wuthering Heights,' 'The Departed,' and more - The start of May brings a fresh batch of movies and TV shows to streaming services. Here's what to watch.

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'Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner ordered to stay 100 feet apart - Paul has been unable to spend unsupervised time with her son since an April 7 hearing.

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THE RUNDOWN -- Mass. native Nik Walker takes over as Billy Flynn in 'Chicago' on Broadway, plus more arts news -- Plus, the Festival of Films from Japan returns to the MFA.

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STORY BEHIND THE BOOK -- Gaelynn Lea is an artist and a disability advocate, in perfect harmony -- When Gaelynn Lea won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, she was living in her hometown of Duluth Minnesota, playing in a local band and working as a music teacher, guiding students of varying ages and abilities through the landscape of traditional fiddle music.

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'The O.C.' star Ben McKenzie wants you to know: 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money' -- The actor, a former econ major, has a new and effective documentary about the risks of cryptocurrency.

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New docs on Jerry West and the 'Jail Blazers' arrive in time for NBA Playoffs -- Catch up with a couple of recent documentaries, one a story of tormented heroism, one not so much, both worth watching.

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'Lorne' is a superficial portrait of a comedy legend -- You'd think you'd learn something about "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels from this documentary. But NOOOOO!

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Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart says BSO has been living on borrowed time

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Acclaimed Weymouth-born ballet star Matthew Neenan is back in Boston with new choreography for Alvin Ailey

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David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It,' and other country hits, dies

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How beards and mustaches make the man on TV

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At 20, he helped launch a theater company. Now, Jaime José Hernández is onstage at The Huntington

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Olivia Wilde on her 'really formative years' in Andover, bringing 'The Invite' to the Coolidge

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'Mulholland Dr.' routinely shows up on lists of the best films of the 21st century. But what's it about?

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B.J. Novak talks Boston's fashion reputation and why his L.L. Bean coat is 'the coolest thing' he owns

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A Beatles 'butcher' cover, an iconic Ramones portrait, and more are on display in 'Cover Stories'

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Satan returns to the runway in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2′

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Apple TV's New England horror comedy 'Widow's Bay' strikes the perfect tone

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Rachel Dratch of 'SNL' fame to deliver keynote speech at Dartmouth's commencement

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Male loneliness and political angst take center stage in Strout's latest

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Internal memo offers glimpse into BSO's turmoil: 'Business as usual will no longer suffice'

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How Boston's fringe theater companies are making it work

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